Bank.



PATBNTBD AUG.11,`1903.

` BA. W. BUEGHLING.

BANK.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 9, 1902.

N0 MODEL.

UNirnD STATES Patented Augustll, 1903.

ERNEST l/V. BUEOHLING, OF KNOXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

BANK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 735,940, dated August11, 1903.

Application filed August 9, l902. Serial No. 119,099. (No model.)

T0 all whom/ it may concern:

` Beit known thatI, ERNEST W. BUECHLING, a citizen 0f the United States,residing at Knoxville, in the county of Allegheny and State ofPennsylvania, have invented ordiscovered new and useful Improvements inBanks, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings,which make part of this specification,Figure I is a central vertical section from front to back; Fig. II, asection on the line II II of Fig. I, and Fig. III a fragmentaryhorizontal section through the guides of the money-slide.,

My invention relates to banks for the collection of coins.

It is the object of my'invention to provide a bank from which it isimpossible to recover the coins through the entrance-slot.

My bank comprises a box 1, having top 2 and hinged bottom 3. The bottomis fastened by the lock 4. The top 2 is provided with a chute 5 near itsrear end, the rear wall of the chute being vertical, and the front wallextends downwardly and rearwardly be-l low the top 2 toward the saidrear wall, a narrow space or slot 6 being left at their lower endssufficiently large to permit coins sliding down the chute to passtherethrough into the box. guided by tongues 8 thereon, slidable ingrooves 9 in the sides of the box. The slide is held from being entirelywithdrawn by the engagement of the shoulder 10 on'theY slide with theshoulder 11 on the side of the box'. The rear portion of the slide 7 hasa round vertical slot 12, which when the slide is pushed entirely back,as shown in Figs; I andY III, overlies the wide mouth of the chute V5',so that any coin lying in the slot v12 will fall into the chute andthence into the box. l rlhe slot will be of a size to receive iatwisethe largest coin which the bank is intended to receive. The chute havinga'wide mouth is able to receive a coin carried flatwise in the slot 12,while the inclined wall ofr the chute turns the coin into nearlyavertical position and guides it through the narrow slot 6.

Lying upon the slide '7 and between the sides of the box and theextension 13 of the back is a block 14, which extends forwardly to suchan extent that when the slide is drawn fsome of the teeth l5. A thinslide 7 lies on the top 2 and is out until the shoulders 10 and 11engage the slot 12 will be wholly exposed for the reception of a coin,and when the slide is pushed back until its rear edge engages the rearside of the box the slot 7 will be wholly concealed beneath the block.The block 14 has on its bottom and overlying each side of the slide 7 aseries Vof transverse notches or teeth 15. The rear corners of the slidehave recesses 16, in which near the lower side of the slide arepivoteddogs or pawls 17, whose outer ends are supported by pins 18. Thepins 18 are located above the pivots of the pawls, so that the latterrest normally with their upper outer edges or corners flush with theupper surface of the slide. The dogs or pawls are adapted underconditions presently to be described to interlock with the notches orYteeth 15. v

lf an attempt be made to extract the coins by inverting and shaking thebank, it will be Very diicult to cause a coin to enter the narrow slot 6of the chute by reason of the latter protruding into the box, as shownin Fig. I. However, if a coin should enter the chute and the slot 12 itwill be found impossible to withdraw the slide 7 by reason of one orboth of the pawls having become interlocked with By reason of thedescribed relation of the pins 17 and the pivots ,of the pawls'anytipping of the box from its normal position, as shown in the severalIignres, one or both pawls will at once lock the slide. Even if a coincould be caused to enter the chute by shaking the box on its side thenecessary tipping of the box to get the coin into the slot 12 wouldcause one or both pawls to lock the slide.

I do not limit myself to the precise form of overthrow-pawl shown, asany other form will operate, provided it will overturn upon the tippingof the box, nor do I limit myself to all the details of construction ofthe other parts of my bank, as the same may be varied without departingfrom the scope of my invention. For instance, a rotary coin-carrierwould'be regarded as a slide within the meaning of that term as used inthe claims, and one pawl may be used instead of two.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. A coinreceptacle having acoin-opening, a slide having a coin-slot adapted to reg- IOO ister withthe opening, a block overlying that part of the slide above the opening,and

means for preventing the Withdrawal of the slide from above the openingwhile the recep- 5 tacle is tilted.

2. A coin-receptacle having a coin-opening, a slide having a coin-slotadapted to register with the opening, a cover for that part of the slideabove the opening, and a pawl- Io and-ratchet mechanism adapted tointerlock upon tilting the receptacle.

3. A coin-receptacle having a coin-open-

